IBPS PO Prelims Important Dates

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The IBPS PO prelims are over now and it’s high time for all the participating aspirants to gear up for IBPS PO Mains 2017, which is going to be conducted on 26th November, 2017. If you have cleared IBPS PO Prelims, the IBPS PO Mains exam is right around the corner and you need to give your best shot to the remaining phase (Mains and Interview) to get selected as an IBPS PO.

Important – This year, the IBPS PO mains paper also consists of a descriptive writing section which is qualifying in nature.

Writing skills are an integral part of communication and Descriptive Test (of English Language) will test your writing skills, understanding, analysing and summerising skills. Learning how to write essays and letters can be one of the boring experiences for students, but it is also one of the most important. It puts all your knowledge of language and General Awareness to Test. By working on your writing skills you will become more capable of analyzing data, interpreting data, and thinking critically.

In this post on IBPS PO Mains descriptive test tips and tricks,we would be covering all the aspects: question types, how to prepare, the evaluation criteria and some DOs and DONTs for this section.

Before going any further, lets's have a look on the IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern 2017-

IBPS PO Mains 2017 Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme

Sr. No.

Name of test

No. of Questions

Max. Marks

Medium of Examination

Time Allotted

1

Reasoning & Computer Aptitude

45

60

English & Hindi

60 minutes

2

English Language

35

40

English only

40 minutes

3

Data Analysis and Interpretation

35

60

English & Hindi

45 minutes

4

General, Economy /Banking Awareness

40

40

English & Hindi

35 minutes

Total

155

200

180 minutes

Sr. No.

Name of test

No. of Questions

Max. Marks

Medium of Examination

Time Allotted

1

English Language (Letter Writing & Essay)

2

25

English

30 minutes

The Main exam also consists of an English Language Descriptive Writing Test.

Questions : 1 on essay writing & 1 on letter writing ( Total : 2 )

Maximum Marks : 25

Time Allotted : 30 minutes

Descriptive Paper is just qualifying in nature; You don’t have to deal with the stress of maximising your scores.

In IBPS PO Descriptive Paper 2017, a letter can be asked in the form of Personal or Business letter. Remember, that a letter addressed to an official is a Business letter whereas the one addressed to your friends/family is a Personal letter. Firstly familiarize yourself with the formats of both Business and Personal letter.

Important parts that need to be included in both the types of the letter

Parts of Letter

About the Parts of Letter

Letterhead

Your false address

Dateline

Today’s date

Letter Address

The recipient’s/
addressee’s address (false address)

Subject (Only
in the
formal letter)

The reason why you
are writing the letter

Salutation

References like “Dear Sir/Madam”,
“Dear Mother, or
simply “Sir” etc.

Contents of
the Letter

Contains an introductory
paragraph, ‘body’ explaining
the subject in detail and
a concluding paragraph.

The most important thing while writing a letter is the format. There are few things you must include in the body format of the letter. These are to be followed in order (top to bottom):

Date: include the date and day of writing the letter.

Sender’s Address: Here you must include sender’s address and email.

Inside Address: Here you must include the address of the reader, to whom you are sending the letter.

Salutation: You must include the colon at the end of salutation. References like “Dear Sir/Madam”, “Dear Mother, or simply “Sir” etc.

Body text: Here state the reason for writing, mention the solution, opinions, we need to add about 2-3 paragraphs of the body.

In the first paragraph of the formal letter, you must introduce yourself and state the reason for writing the letter.

You don’t need to introduce yourself in an informal letter. Just stating the reason for writing the letter would suffice.

Contains an introductory paragraph, ‘body’ explaining the subject in detail and a concluding paragraph.

Convey information in a right way. Write that is the most crucial part of the letter which is also be considered as the central message of the letter.

There are certain rules you should know about the complimentary closing of formal letters. If you know the name of the addressee and begin the letter with “Dear Mr. Abc”, etc. then stick to signing off with ‘yours sincerely/truly’. If you don’t know the name to whom you are writing and are addressing the recipient as “Dear Sir”, “Dear Sir/Madam”, etc. then close the letter with ‘yours faithfully’.

But we advised the safest and the best practice to write ABC or XYZ instead of mentioning your name in the letter.

Introduction: It should include the Background and the history of the Subject.

About: It should include the details, concept, and theory of the Subject.

Positives: Here you must state the advantages of the subject which should include various benefits caused to the different sections of the society, Indian economy, women, and country overall. At last, state what impact it has worldwide (if any).

Negatives: This should be covered carefully and include any harm it has caused / will cause to the people, economy of the country.

Suggestions: Here you must mention any improvement in the subject for the better. The suggestion should be good and must reflect positive changes in the future.

Conclusion: Here you are required to summarize all the points you have mentioned above.

Important Tips for Essay Writing

Start practicing by writing small paragraphs on relevant topics.

Take time to choose the subject.

You should be familiar with the subject.

Give informed opinions instead of stating assumptions.

Think for some time about the subject.

Note down all the important points.

Be neutral while writing an essay.

We hope that the abobe tips for IBPS PO Mains Descriptive Test 2017 would have helped you in understanding the IBPS Descriptive Test in details.

IBPS PO Prelims Cut Off 2017

The IBPS PO Prelims 2017 exams are over and the results too are out. Candidates from all across the country are pariticipating in the IBPS PO exam 2017. There are a total of 3247 vacancies in the IBPS PO 2017. For those who are appearing for the IBPS PO exams 2017, it is necessary to take mock tests if they want to score high cut off marks. The blog post of IBPS PO Cutoff gives a fair idea of the difficulty level of the exams and how much you need to be prepared for the IBPS PO exams and how much you need to score in each of the IBPS PO exams 2017.

The selection process for IBPS PO 2017 exam comprises of three phases – Prelims, Mains and Interview. The preliminary exams is qualifying in nature. The final merit list is prepared based on the cumulative score in the Prelims, Mains and the interview.

Expected IBPS PO Cut off – Prelims 2017

It is expected the cutoffs will be higher this year, given the number of applicants who are giving the exam. The table below gives the expected and sectional cutoff for the different categories.

Section

Max. Marks

SC/ST/OBC/PWD

General

English Language

30

4-5

6-8

Reasoning Ability

35

6-7

9-10

Quantitative Aptitude

35

5-6

8-10

Expected Overall IBPS PO Prelims Cutoff:

Category

Prelims Cutoff (Out of 100)

General

50-53

OBC

47-48

SC

44-46

ST

33-35

OC

34-37

VI

35-34

HI

21-23

Previous Years IBPS PO Cut Off

Official IBPS PO Cutoff 2016:

IBPS PO Prelims 2016 – Sectional Cutoff

Section

Max. Marks

SC/ST/OBC/PWD

General

English Language

30

4.50

7.00

Reasoning Ability

35

5.50

8.50

Quantitative Aptitude

35

5.25

8.25

IBPS PO Prelims 2016 – Overall Cutoff

Category

Prelims Cutoff (Out of 100)

General

47.50

OBC

46.50

SC

40.00

ST

31.25

OC

32.75

VI

31.50

HI

18.00

Official IBPS PO Cut off 2015:

In 2015, IBPS introduced preliminary exams for the first time.

Category

Cutoff Marks

Overall

English Language

Reasoning Ability

Quantitative Aptitude

GEN

7.50

11.25

7.75

37.25

SC

4.75

7.75

5.00

30.75

ST

4.75

7.75

5.00

17.75

OBC

4.75

7.75

5.00

37.25

IBPS PO Cut off – Mains 2015

Cutoffs are applied in 2 stages:

1. On Scores in individual Sectional

2. On Total Score

Candidates must clear the individual cutoff marks and total cutoff marks for selection.

IBPS PO Mains Overall Cutoff 2015 according to Category:

Category

Prelims Cutoff (Out of 100)

General

76.00

OBC

76.00

SC

50.00

ST

47.75

OC

52.50

VI

36.00

HI

35.25

IBPS PO Mains Sectional Cutoff 2015:

Section

Max. Marks

Cutoff Marks

SC/OBC

ST/PWD

GEN

Reasoning

50

7.25

3.00

10.00

English Language

40

9.50

5.25

12.50

Computer Knowledge

20

11.00

8.75

12.25

General Awareness

40

10.25

5.00

13.75

Quantitative Aptitude

50

8.75

5.25

11.00

IBPS PO Cut Off – Final 2015

The Maximum and Minimum combines scores for the Mains Examination and interview for IBPS Probationary Officer are as follows:

Provisional Allotment – IBPS PO Cutoff 2015

Category

SC

ST

OBC

UR

OC

VI

HI

Maximum Scores

57.00

52.40

60.60

71.60

57.60

62.90

50.40

Minimum Scores

41.40

36.30

46.70

49.90

37.90

37.20

22.10

Cutoff List for Reserved Candidates – IBPS PO Cutoff 2015

Category

SC

ST

OBC

UR

OC

VI

HI

Minimum Scores

41.00

35.80

46.40

49.40

37.20

35.80

NA

The scheme of examination has been preliminary exams, mains exams and interview since 2015. Earlier to that, there were no preliminary exams and hence we did not rely on those parameters. While, taking mock tests try and score more then the given cutoffs. Mock tests are a true reflection of how well you can do in the real exams. Doing well in mock tests, ensures that you are at a safe place. There are tonnes of study materials available online.

IBPS PO PRELIMS 2017 EXAM RESULT IS OUT. YOU CAN CHECK YOUR RESULT HERE.

Today Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has declared the result for online IBPS PO /MT 2017 prelims examination. You can check your result here. The IBPS PO preliminary exam was held on 07th, 08th and 14th of October 2017. We congratulate all the selected candidates for IBPS PO Mains, which is scheduled to held on 26th November 2017 and all those who could not clear it this time, need not get upset as there are many more golden opportunities coming their way.

On 05th and 12th November, many of you will be having the IBPS RRB Mains Exam. So don't panic and hold your horses, get yourself ready for the big opportunity All The Best!!!

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 7th October 2017 Slot 1

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 7th October 2017 Slot 1-Dear Aspirants, The IBPS PO Prelims Slot 1 has been successfully conducted and we are going to provide the IBPS PO 7th October Exam Analysis 2017 here withQuestions asked in IBPS PO Prelims 7th Oct Exam. Here, all the candidates can check overall IBPS PO Prelims Exam Analysis 2017 with Good Attempts, difficulty level. However, to get the exact level of question paper difficulty, you must be aware of the IBPS PO Exam Analysis 2017. The mentioned paper analysis will help all the candidates who are going to attempt the IBPS PO prelims exam on the further dates.

One question was asked from following:
(a) Box-based puzzle
(b) Ranking based puzzle
(c) Scheduling based puzzle, with weekdays and colors as an additional attribute.
(d) Linear puzzle with 5 people sitting in 2 rows

Inequality

Questions were asked from direct inequality.

All the questions were easily doable.

Syllogism

Questions were asked from the old pattern.

3-4 questions were easily doable.

Miscellaneous Questions

This included questions from different topics like Blood Relations, Direction sense, Ranking etc.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Date and Shift Timings 2017

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Date and Shift Timings 2017- IBPS PO is one of the most top-rated exams of all banking exams in India. IBPS PO is taken by huge number of banking aspirants all over India and due to huge number of population attempting this exam, this exam becomes one of the toughest exams to crack. IBPS PO, this year, has made some major changes, which is IBPS PO is going to follow the pattern of SBI PO from this year. For students to crack IBPS PO without any inconvenience, candidates need to be completely familiar with the IBPS PO exam date and shift timings.

This year onwards, IBPS has decided to incorporate total 155 questions under 3 hours of duration. Given below is a detailed structure of IBPS PO selection procedure-

IBPS PO Selection Procedure

The IBPS PO exam Selection Process consists of 3 phases which are given below –

IBPS PO Exam Pattern

The revised exam pattern is as follows-

This year, IBPS Prelims Pattern doesn’t have any major changes. Based on the IBPS PO notification, the examination will be on the similar lines with IBPS PO Prelims 2016 and SBI PO Prelims 2017. Whatever marks is secured by the candidate in the Phase I (Prelim Exam) will not be considered for the final selection. The IBPS PO Prelims exam is qualifying in nature.

The prelims exam of IBPS PO will have the following pattern –

S. No.

Name of test

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Duration

1.

English Language

30

30

1 hour (composite 60 minutes)

2.

Quantitative Aptitude

35

35

3.

Reasoning Ability

35

35

Total

100

100

IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern

In the IBPS PO mains examination, the Objective Test is divided into 4 sections followed by a descriptive test. The IBPS PO mains exam pattern has changed from this year onwards. The revised pattern highlights are as follows –

Computer awareness section has been removed and Computer Aptitude section has been added to the Reasoning Ability section.

Quantitative Aptitude section is now called Data Interpretation & Analysis – Hence DI questions are expected to form a majority of this section.

The total questions in the exam have reduced to 155 from 200 last year. This is again on the lines of the SBI Exam.

The overall time of the objective exam has increased to 180 mins from 140 mins last year. This is again on the lines of the SBI Exam. With questions reduced and the time increase, the difficulty level of the questions is expected to go up.

New exam pattern of IBPS PO Mains exam has been provided below-

The mains of IBPS PO will have the following exam pattern –

S. No.

Name of Test (Not by Sequence)

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Time allotted for each section

1.

Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude

45

60

60 minutes

2.

English Language

35

40

40 minutes

3.

Data Interpretation & Analysis

35

60

45 minutes

4.

General/ Economy/ Banking Awareness

40

40

35 minutes

Total

155

200

3 hours

S. No.

Name of Test (Not by Sequence)

Number of Questions

Maximum Marks

Time allotted for each section

1.

Descriptive Test (English Language): Letter & Essay Writing)

2

50

30 minutes

IBPS PO Descriptive Test Syllabus

The IBPS PO descriptive test is a test which tests a candidate’s skill in descriptive test. In the descriptive test, it is expected that 1 essay and 1 letter questions will be asked. There should also be a practice of writing essays on all current topics preferably on a computer. So, all candidates are advised to practice questions to gain the required expertise.

IBPS PO Prelims Exam is of qualifying nature. Marks obtained in mains examination only will be counted for interview call. Final merit list will be made on the basis of total marks obtained in IBPS PO Mains exam & Interview.

There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer in prelims & mains.

There will be sectional as well as over-all cut off in prelims & mains both.

IBPS PO Exam Date and Shift Timings

IBPS PO examination is one of the most awaited events of this year among all other bank exams. Let us now take a look at the IBPS PO exam dates and shift timings in detail-

IBPS PO Prelims Exam Date and Shift Timings:

Dates

Slot 1

Slot 2

Slot 3

Slot 4

07th October 2017

1st slot (08:00am)

2nd slot (10:30am)

3rd slot (01:00pm)

4th slot (03:30pm)

08th October 2017

1st slot (08:00am)

2nd slot (10:30am)

3rd slot (01:00pm)

4th slot (03:30pm)

14th October 2017

1st slot (08:00am)

2nd slot (10:30am)

3rd slot (01:00pm)

4th slot (03:30pm)

15th October 2017

1st slot (08:00am)

2nd slot (10:30am)

3rd slot (01:00pm)

4th slot (03:30pm)

Stay tuned for more updates on IBPS PO exam date and shift timings. All the best!

IBPS Clerk Vs IBPS PO

IBPS Clerk Vs IBPS PO- Choosing a good and career is one of the most crucial decisions for every student. If you are looking for a good career option, you will definitely look for an option with good growth, healthy work culture, decent pay and a good growth. But when you have options like IBPS PO and IBPC Clerk on the field, you will definitely get confused of which one to choose. Because both of them are among the most lucrative job options. So, on this note, let us help you make a right and fair decision with IBPS Clerk Vs IBPS PO- a comparison between two most popular job options which will help you to come up with a justified decision.

Let us brief up some of the important aspects to help you know which option is better-

Factors

IBPS PO

IBPS Clerk

Salary and Perks

Higher

Lower

Responsibilities

Higher

Lower

Promotions

Higher

Lower

Transfers

High chances

Less Chances

Let us now go through all the factors one-by-one in detail to figure out which is the best option-

IBPS PO Vs IBPS Clerk Roles and Responsibilities

The roles and responsibilities are all about the duties involved with the job post. Let us go through the roles and responsibilities of both the job posts-

IBPS PO-

Dealing with the customers

Marketing Services

Cashier

Reporting Reports

IBPS Clerk-

Handling deposit

Withdrawal cash

Payment clearance, Balance Record

Receipts collection

Ledger maintenance

Data entry works, etc.

IBPS PO Vs IBPS Clerk- Salary

Salary is one of the most important factors which every candidate looks out of. A job with a decent pay is what everyone of us seeks for. Let us find out which job option has the better pay scale among two of them-

IBPS PO–

IBPS PO Basic Pay – 23700

Bank PO Salary after revision will be anywhere between Rs.38,678 to Rs.41,899

IBPS Clerk–

The salary of an IBPS Clerk Salary after revision will be somewhere between Rs.19472.22/- to Rs.19589.87/-

The initial salary is Rs. 7200/- and almost all commercial banks are giving allowances in exactly 2 increments of Rs. 400/-.

In this mean the total basic salary for newly joined clerk is of Rs. 8000/-.

Rs.19472.22/- to Rs.19589.87/-

Post revision, the In Hand Salary will increase from Rs. 21,339 to Rs. 23,117/-.

IBPS PO V/s IBPS Clerk- Career Growth

Growth is another important and unavoidable factor which is extremely important and should be considered.

IBPS PO–

A PO starts his career as a Junior Management Grade Services (JMGS) and then gets promoted to General Manager, a Director or even the Chairman of the Bank. The growth of IBPS PO is as follows-

Bank PO
↓

Assistant Manager
↓

Branch Manager
↓

Chief Manager
↓

AGM
↓

DGM
↓

CGM
↓

GM

IBPS Clerk–

When a candidate joins any bank in the clerical cadre, you'll become an assistant manager too. =The time limit for this promotion varies from bank to bank.

In the clerical cadre, work pressure is relaxed and and employees aren't asked to put in extra hours. But when you consider the growth, it is relatively slow.

Clerk

↓

Officer
↓

Senior Officer
↓

Assistant Manager
↓

Manager
↓

Senior Manager
↓

Chief Manager
↓

AGM
↓

DGM
↓

GM
↓

ED
↓

CMD

IBOS

IBPS Clerk Vs IBPS PO- Transfers

In case of IBPS PO, there are more chances of transfers as compared to IBPS Clerk. In case of IBPS Clerk, the number of transfers are less.

IBPS PO V/s IBPS Clerk- Structure

IBPS PO–

Th initial level of an IBPS PO job profile is Probationary Officer (PO). So, you will be have a probation period which will range to from approx. 1 to 2 years which will be called as your training period. During thisIn which Candidates learn basic and essential duties of a PO in the bank.

IBPS Clerk–

After a candidate gets selected in the post of IBPS Clerk candidates will undergo a training period. Gradually, you will be eligible for a promotional exam and when you clear this exam, you will become a Trainee Officer(TO).

We hope the above article on IBPS Clerk Vs IBPS PO gives you the correct enlightenment to make a wise decision. All the best!

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection will release the final result of mains exam and interview by today evening. IBPS will recruit 8822 vacancies.

In case two or more candidates have obtained the same score, IBPS will decide the merit order as per date of birth (the candidate senior in age is placed before/ above the candidate junior in age), as per the prevailing practice. The weightage of main exam and interview will be 80:20 respectively.

The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the mains exam and interview. Final allotment of candidates will be done on the basis of ranks, post-preferences, and vacancies.

The Institute of Banking Personnel has released official notifications for call letters of IBPS CWE- PO/ MT- VI 2017 exam for the post of ‘Probationary Officer’. The students who have managed to clear the cut- off marks in the IBPS PO Mains 2017 will be eligible for the interview round. The IBPS PO Mains examination was held on 20th December 2016 and the notifications for the interview call letter is released in the month of January 2017.